SONET / SDH - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072225246 ISBN 13: 9780072225242

Publisher: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia, 2002

Synopsis

Get comprehensive coverage of fiber optics, next generation SONET architecture, deployment, equipment, and services with this practical guide. Including details on SDH, advanced payload pointers, ring configuration, customer and carrier advantages, and more, this book thoroughly explains this emerging method of high speed data transmission.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The best guide to SONET/SDH available!

Take advantage of the speed, scalability, and manageability of fiber optics with this definitive and comprehensive guide to SONET/SDH technology. Packed with real-world examples of SONET/SDH implementations, this resource details all you need to know about frame and overhead architecture, payloads, deployment, and equipment. Written by SONET/SDH and telecommunications expert Walter J. Goralski, this book completely explains the technology behind SONET/SDH like no other, and provides you with proven techniques for achieving greater bandwidth.Understand how optical fiber networks operate Trace the evolution of SONET/SDH and current high-speed optical networks Find out about the different classes of SONET/SDH equipment Discover the advantages of SONET and SDH ring architectures Learn DWDM techniques, including transmission, cross-connecting, switching, and more Become familiar with synchronous digital hierarchies both in North America and globally Use SONET/SDH to connect routers for data applications (IP over SONET)

Important topics include: Fiber optics overview Integrated SDH coverage WDM and DWDM Architecture and protocols Basic and advanced overhead and payload pointers Network equipment Customer and carrier advantages SONET/SDH rings

About the Author:

Walter Goralski has more than 30 years of experience in the data communications field, including 14 years with AT&T. He is currently a Senior Course Developer and instructor at Juniper Networksï¿. Walter has spent 15 years as an Adjunct Professor at Pace University Graduate School, where he designed and deployed their graduate program in telecommunications. Walter is a longstanding member of the IEEE, has written articles in numerous industry publications, and is the best-selling author of SONET, Second Edition and several other books on ADSL, VoIP, ATM and frame relay

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0072225246
• ISBN 13: 9780072225242
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 716